Posted by: rql () on Thu Aug 12 16:43:43 2004

Does any actually know what happens in the swing?
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> While taping today my swing looked very good from the side. Similar to ML'ers. It looked like the hands stayed in and rotation brought them forward.
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> After taping from a slightly different angle, side/front, the elbow seemed to be getting away from the body and the hands. I thought I was doing something wrong until I looked at Barry Bonds from the same angle, and his swing was very similar to mine. After that I looked at some front shots of Alex and could see the same thing once I knew it was there.
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> Side shots just don't tell the whole story. Only a side/front view can tell excatly what the elbow and hands do in the swing.
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> I thought I wasn't keeping the hands in enough during rotation until I looked at Bonds from the same angle. Which I happened to have a side view of the same swing that made it look like the hands stayed in more during the swing.
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> We just don't have enough angles of swings to properly break down the swing. I believe the hands stay in more for an inside pitch, but what I saw today changed my view on middle/out.
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> Shawn
>>>>shawn when you saw your elbow away from the ribs[normal slot point for inside]was this on the middle out pitch you were hitting.